30 Sep 1926
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Newspaper
Atlantic News Telegraph
Location
Atlantic, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1926
Page
1
Advertising rate information for E M Burke Inc and subscriptions across regions. Atlantic subscribers may call 7 before 7 PM for evening delivery. note this is not the News Telegraph number.
A witness testifies in the Los Angeles trial that a green bathing suit was found on the line near Carmel-by-the-Sea shortly after Aimee Semple McPherson disappeared from the beach. He notes it was still wet twelve hours later. The court scene grows heated as supporters and opponents clash over her guilt.
The newspaper highlights reductions in telephone toll service effective today and praises Northwestern Bell for lowering costs while maintaining high service. It notes the company’s practice of investing millions to meet demand and spreading costs over many years, keeping rates fair for customers. The piece also references a prior editorial about grain market breaks being against producers.
Amid factional maneuvering, party figures expect a robust stumping push. Cabinet members and senior officials including Mellon and Sargent are anticipated to hit the road before October, shaping strategy for the presidential contest and campaigns nationwide.
A Davenport Times summary presents varied opinions on wealth inequality and presidential views, noting Ford’s wealth prominence, agricultural optimism, and mutual misunderstandings across regions. It cites Dante Pierce, Story City Herald, Minneapolis Journal, and Beatrice Sun on economics, governance, and road funding amid tax support for good roads.
The piece discusses frost risk impacting corn prices in the corn belt and the tension between bears and bulls as favorable weather and yield prospects push prices down. It notes grain firms claim frost affects nothing where corn is, and questions the honesty of major grain dealers amid shifting prices and government crop reports.
A letter from Grand Forks dated September 27, 1926, to editor Myr. Chase of The News Telegraph Atlantic Iowa reports crippling winter conditions in northwestern North Dakota with five feet of snow, frozen small grains, many acres unsupplied, and widespread potato damage in the Red River valley.
A playful verse from Walt Mason urges cheer amid seasons and fashion shifts. It muses on harsh winters, cropping up crops, rain, and evolving dress styles, ending with a call to cheer up as fashion and weather change.
The fragment reflects a somber meditation on hardship and delayed improvement. It evokes a future moment when weariness fades, and the speaker longs to relive better days once more, attributing the sentiment to George Matthew Adama's 1920 copyright wording.
Disconnected lines mention Mussolini fire insurance Maine politics Indianapolis crime and everyday musings. The tone is fragmented with unrelated images and odd aphorisms about courage hesitation color and pie. The piece reads like a collage of stray thoughts rather than a cohesive report.
A nationwide competition for young artists begins next month with 48 state preliminaries progressing to district and national finals, culminating in Philadelphia at the Sesqui-Centennial fair. Sixty four hundred dollars in prizes are offered across eight divisions with scholarships and concert appearances as incentives. Iowa hosts an observance with Cedar Rapids funding seven hundred dollars in cash prizes and a house concert series.
Iowa reports show more than 1 400 local farmer co operative reiniza tions and 650 stock shipping associations with over 120 000 members. They will transact over 100 million dollars in a day as co operatives serve farmers statewide according to Ray L Gribbel secretary of the state farm bureau.
Des Moines dispatch notes active demand for light steers and lambs for fall and winter feeding. Leslie M. Carl reports Iowa feed supplies filling rapidly with 93 percent more cattle feed received in two weeks ending September 10 than a year earlier. Light weight feeding steers lead demand as shipments from major states continue to grow amid overall stocker and feed steer receipts still below 1925 levels.
Chicago statistics for the week ending September 18 report nearly 46 percent of total stocker and feeder shipments in the 700 pound class or below, with heavyweight steers 1000 pounds and up making up less than six percent. Demand for early fall feeding remains strong, and feeder sheep and lamb intake at market pasture feed lots is up about 74 percent from a year ago, with around 202,000 head received since duty.
An unreadable OCR fragment mentions Meebailer and Aanephernt Lnevetibang with references to metal venting and patenting. The text is garbled, unclear on dates or actions, and lacks coherent event details suitable for a fuller report.
Special to the Telegraph confirms the death of Avis Dutcher, Warren County sheriff, shot while attempting to arrest an exesony view. Williamsport, Ind., reports the incident as the nephew of a Walnut resident is killed in the line of duty.
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